Praz Bansi had a difficult first table and only won one pot of note versus David Sonelin before he was moved to a new table. It seems like he's found a more comfortable home here. He just got three streets of value with a hand that got better for him on each street.
He opened to 2,200 from the cut-off and Robert Cezarescu peeled from the big blind. Bansi was checked to three times and he bet 2,800, 6,700 and 10,800 on each occasion. The final board read and Bansi was called all the way.
He tabled for two-pair and the pot as Cezarescu folded. The Brit is up to less than 100,000 chips as a result.
Roberto Romanello, the current EPT Prague champion, has been uncharacteristically quiet today but one thing that certainly was not quiet was his last bet. He moved all in for around 43,000 on a board reading sending Vincenzo Apicella into the tank. He stayed there for three minutes whilst Romanello sat completely motionless but the Welshman is certainly moving again now as Apicella folded and Romanello has to stack up his new chips.
Anton Ionel raised to 2,600 from early position and Dmitry Vitkind called in the hi-jack as did the big blind. The flop was and the big blind checked to Ionel who bet 6,700 and Vitkind called before the big blind folded. The turn of was checked through and then on the river of Ionel bet 8,700 and Vitkind called and Ionel scooped the pot.
Table twelve just seems to get juicier and juicier and if this carries on they will need to re-strengthen the table legs.
Table
Seat
Name
Chips
Table 12
1
Matthew Frankland
27,500
3
Kirill Zapletin
53,000
4
Oscar Lima
192,000
5
Timothy English
80,000
6
Ville Salmi
14,000
7
Jani Sointula
195,000
8
Fernando Brito
98,000
9
Johan van Till
140,000
One person who is not having a fun time on table 12 is Matthew Frankland and here is one of the reasons why.
Lima made a standard pre flop raise and both Sointula and Frankland called. The flop was , Lima checked, Sointula bet 5,600 and only Frankland made the call. They both checked the turn and Frankland led for 8,300 on the river. Sointula pulled some nasty faces and then made the call and it was good.
Team PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo had been on bowl patrol since Sami Kelopuro took most of her chips earlier. He's now taken the rest.
She raised from under-the-gun to 2,800 and was called by the big stacked Vicenzo Apicella before the Finnish star made it 8,300 from the big blind. Moreira de Melo snap moved all-in for 23,300 and and Apicella folded to leave it heads-up.
Moreira de Melo:
Kelopuro:
The board ran to make Kelopuro trip kings. He's up to 135,000 now.
Joe Ebanks cannot stop winning chips and he now finds himself with 131,300 of them after disposing of Alexei Veselov over on Table 8.
Stefan Jedlicka opened from under the gun to 2,500, the next two players to act folded and Ebanks three-bet to 6,200. Arvi Vainionkulma waited for almost a minute before folding his hand and when Matthias Lotze folded, Veselov moved all in. Everyone folded back to Ebanks and he instantly called and turned over which were way in front of Veselov .
The final board ran out and Veselov was eliminated from the Main Event. In Veselov's seat we now have a certain Jeff Sarwer.
PokerStars qualifier Stuart Fox raised to 2,500 in the hijack, Artem Litvinov cold-called in the cut-off and Praz Bansi three-bet squeezed to 7,700 from the small blind. Fox moved out of the way and Litvinov pulled out the 7,700 and VERY reluctantly dropped the call across the line.
Flop:
Bansi bet 8,500.
"That is my flop," said the Russian before burying his hands in his face. He then pulled the 8,500 from his diminishing stack, dropped it across the line and buried his hands in his face.
Turn:
Litvinov refused to move his head from his hands. Bansi looked at him and just shook his head as if to say "what a wally," and then said "I am all-in."
Litvinov decided the time was right to look at the turn card and when he saw it he folded the face up and Bansi now has 100,000.
and Bansi was called all the way.
for two-pair and the pot as Cezarescu folded. The Brit is up to less than 100,000 chips as a result.
sending Vincenzo Apicella into the tank. He stayed there for three minutes whilst Romanello sat completely motionless but the Welshman is certainly moving again now as Apicella folded and Romanello has to stack up his new chips.
Ionel bet 8,700 and Vitkind called and Ionel scooped the pot.
, Lima checked, Sointula bet 5,600 and only Frankland made the call. They both checked the 
turn and Frankland led for 8,300 on the 
to make Kelopuro trip kings. He's up to 135,000 now.
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and Veselov was eliminated from the Main Event. In Veselov's seat we now have a certain Jeff Sarwer.
